linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] block: loop: switch to VFS ITER

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:53:07 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Maxim Patlasov <mpatlasov@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] block: loop: switch to VFS ITER_BVEC

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 04:14:51PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
>> This patchset uses VFS ITER_BVEC for reading/writing
>> loop backing file, and basically it is a rewriting of
>> Christoph Hellwig's post in [1].
>
> What is the benefit over my older version?  From all I can see the
> code is a lot more complicated without any obvious benefit.

You old code can't be applied at all because it isn't against
latest loop change.

If you have better one, please just ignore this patchset.

Thanks,
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